Combined table and ironing board



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MANDEL, or MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

GOMBEDYTABLE AND IRONING BOAB'ID.

' Application filed FebruaryL State of Minnesota, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Combined Tables and Ironing Boards, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to combined tables and ironing boards, and anlobject is to provide a device which may be made to oci cupy either' anopen position for use as a table or a folded position for use as anironing board. An object in particular is to provide in combination witha supportnally to each other so that one of them may be folded over onthe other and means for slidably attaching the leaves to the. supportingstructure for sidewise movement so that the leaves, no matter whetherunfolded for use as a table, or folded together for use as an ironingboard, may be supported in middle position over the supportingstructure.

The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear in thedetailed description thereof and the novel features embodied in myinventive idea will be particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one form in which myinvention may be embodied- Y Fig. l is a top plan view of the device inopen position for use as a table. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of thedevice in folded position for use as an ironing board. Fig. 3 is a planview of the supporting struc ture the leaves of the device having beenremoved. Fig. 4 is a view in vertical lon; gitudinal section of thedevice as used for a table.V Fig. 5 is a view in vertical longitudinalsection of the device as used for an ironing board. Fig. 6 is afragmentary bottom view illustrating howk one 'of the leaves is providedwith slides.

As shown in the drawings, I provide a supporting structure includinglegs 10, which toward their lower ends are connected by crossed bracebars 12 and 14. A box 16 is secured to the upper ends of the legs 10.The top of the device consists of two leaves 18 and 2O the twocontiguous longitudinal edges of which are hinged together by hinges 22.The leaf 2O is provided with two slides 24 consisting of metal stripsbent mg structure two leaves hinged longitudi-y 5, i925. YVsemai- No.7,009.

into channel shape and slidably engaging flat metal strips 26 securedupon the upper edges of the opposite sides of the box 16. An inclinedend member 28 is hinged to the leaf 18 by hinges 30. An ironing pad 32is secured to one side of the leaf 18 and this pad extends over the endmember 28 as shown in Fig. 5. The member28 is provided witha hook 34adapted to engage an eye 36 attached to the box 16. A block 38 issecured to that side of the member 38 which is provided with the hooks34. A strip 40 is rotatably attached to the under-` side of the leaf 20near the end thereof by a screw 42. A ireproof receptacle 44'of propersize to hold a fiatiron is placed in the box 16. A metal flatironsupport 46 is rotatably secured to the underside of the leaf 20by apivot 48. y

The operation and advantages of my device will now, be obvious. When thedevice is used as a table it occupies the position y shown in Fig. 1with the two leaves equally disposed over the supporting structure andthe end member 28 held in folded position underneath the leaf 18 by thehook 34, as best shown in Fig. 4. Vhen the device is to be used asan'ironing board the leaf 18 is turned on the hinges 22 over upon theleaf 20, thereby bringing the ironing pad 32 uppermost. The hook 34 isdisengaged and the inclined end member 28 is turned on the hinges 30into kworking position, the strip. 40 being turned from the positionshown in Fig. 1 into that shown in Fig. 5 so that the block 38 will restupon the strip 40. The leaf 2O is slid so as to occupy the middleposi-tion over the supporting structure, the slides 24 permitting thismovetop, whether used as a table or as an ironing board, is supported inmiddle position over the legs. Vhen the device is not in use as anironing board a flatiron may be kept in the fireproof receptacle 44.Vhen the ironing board is in use, and it is desired to set-down theflatiron, the latter is placed on the metal support 46. The use of thefireproof receptacle and metal support prevents danger of starting afire or scorching the material which is being ironed. The box16 may beutilized for receiving various articles, and is readily exposed at thetop when the leafV 18 is folded over and the leaf 21 is in position atone side of the box. The slides 24 serve to maintain the top firmly on Qn 1,551,89o

the bese fer either v-pstien' 91E the '1:09, @die by @gie @if .them may,be folded over on the though it isv apparent that iif desii'eii' theotheL-and'meafnsior slidafbly attaching said 10 top may be slid entirelyoff the support-mg Jeafvesto said supporting structure forsidestructure. Y Y* l Wis@ I JQQYQgleILL thereon.

5 I Claim; In testimony Wheijef hereunto afix my prising a supporting4striictiipe, two leaves hinged 1ongitudinallyV to eah ther Where 5v'HLLIAM MANDEL.

